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• Denver — city in Colorado, U.S., founded 1858 as Auraria ( golden ), renamed 1859 for Gen. James W. Denver (1817 1892), governor of the territory. The family name is from the place of that name in Norfolk, lit. ford or passage used by the Danes, from O.E …   Etymology dictionary

• Denver boot — n. [after DENVER] a large metal clamp locked to a wheel of a motor vehicle by the police to immobilize the vehicle: used primarily to force people to pay their parking tickets …   English World dictionary

• denver boot — noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: from Denver, Colo., where it was first used in the United States : a metal clamp that locks onto one of the wheels of an automobile and must be unlocked before a motorist can drive off (as after… …   Useful english dictionary

• clamp — [[t]klæ̱mp[/t]] clamps, clamping, clamped 1) N COUNT A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together. 2) VERB When you clamp one thing to another, you fasten the two things together with a clamp. [V n to n] Somebody forgot to bring… …   English dictionary

• clamp — clamp1 [ klæmp ] verb transitive 1. ) clamp to/around/on to put or hold something firmly in position: Jack has always got a cellphone clamped to his ear. a ) to hold two things together using a clamp 2. ) often passive BRITISH to put a piece of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• clamp — 1 verb (T) 1 (always + adv/prep) to fasten or hold two things together using a clamp: clamp sth together/onto etc: Clamp the two parts together until the glue dries. 2 (always + adv/prep) to put or hold something in a position where it does not… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Denver boot — [[t]de̱nvə(r) bu͟ːt[/t]] Denver boots N COUNT A Denver boot is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The driver has to pay to have the device… …   English dictionary

• Denver boot — noun Etymology: Denver, Colo. Date: 1968 a metal clamp that is locked onto one of the wheels of an automobile to immobilize it especially until its owner pays accumulated parking fines …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Denver boot — noun A device locked into place over the wheel of a road vehicle, immobilizing it. Syn: boot, wheel clamp …   Wiktionary

• Denver boot — noun (C) AmE informal a metal object that the police fasten to an illegally parked car so that it cannot be moved; wheel clamp …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Wheel clamp — A modern wheel clamp placed on a vehicle for a parking violation in Melbourne by the Victorian Sheriff; note the tyre spikes and panel preventing the vehicl …   Wikipedia